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Dr. Oz, Who Thinks All Abortion Is ‘Murder,’ Could Now Have Power Over Abortion Access
Katie O’Connor, the senior director of federal abortion policy at the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), told Jezebel the organization is “incredibly troubled” by Oz’s nomination. “This country is in the midst of a serious and devastating public health crisis in the wake of the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. CMS has a central role to play in responding to that crisis,” O’Connor said. “But this nomination suggests that the incoming administration has no intention to try and address it at all.” The NWLC has previously represented women who have been denied emergency abortions, including a Missouri woman who successfully filed an EMTALA complaint to CMS.
